Mail box



T. L. PARKER June- 3, 1930.

MAIL BOX 7 Filed Sept. 17, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet June 3, 1930.-

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T. PARKER MAIL BOX Filed Sept. 17, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 June 3, 1930." T. L. PARKER V 1,760,961

MAIL BOX Filed Sept. 1'7, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 14555555 h I ZZormzs Z.Far7rer Patented June 3, 1930 MAI BOSI j: i

' Application filed Septemberll, 192i? Serial I My invention belongs to thatgeneral class of devices known as mail boxesland relates more particularly'to ajbox or-receptacle for use'in apparent. buildings, hote1s,oifices,oifice* buildings or wherever found applicable; the same being. so constructedthatthe postman or carrier, by opening onedoor'to which he alone has the key,;-can deposit; the mail f in anyoneor all oija; plurality of indi zidual boxes, the addressee or recipient of themail matter access; only to. his own bo c forswhich 'he alone has his individual key. f

' vented from dropping circulars, samples; or,

' It. has; as an objecttheproductionoi niail boxes of "the kind described thatare so constructed that it is impossible {for othersflthan the .mail carrier to deposit; anything the boxes whereby Peddlers and others are' preother matter inthe boxcto the, annoyancezof the box holder and theincohveniencefltol the mail carrier. r

The invention; hasv among its further-robs jects, the: production of a mail boxcthatris simple, compact, efficient, durab1e,:attractive,

inexpensive to manufacture-and, install and which, will comply, with post office ;-regu1a-.- 1

, tions. i

.Many otheriobjects and advantages 7 construction herein shown'anddescribed will 7 be obvious to: those skilled -inzthe art fror'n V the disclosure hereinv given'.

H partsi' r *mentof the invention, the carrierlsdoor berf ing'shown'iin.tw0.-positions;;..

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novel: construction, arrangementandcombination of; parts herein showmand described; and .more. particularly pointed; out-in the claims; f i o r In; theadrawings, wherein like reference characterswindicate like 401' corresponding )Fig; 1' is a berspectiye View Fig. 2.is a sectional vrview talie Fig-1321s a sectionalviewtak I F' gsiista sectionalyiew aken ,substantia Fi'g.;'5:is an enlar e-mmtakes-subside raliizy oi compartments aor boizes: and: an

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same taken ,Fig; 9 is"another embodinieiit iv ofithe invgention,* j; o v a a I Fig.10 is a sectional View taken substan; tially on line 10%10 of Fig,,9 ;.andi i Referring to the draWingS twoernbodiments of the'invention areshown, lzrepresents a front panel plate to acontaihe'r having the back2, sides. 3 and top and bottom wcontainer are partitions 6 dividing thesame 1 {the num r of ,o par ments% e e nd th desi ed s z sthei me sw s t ispn rre s o m k h fic mp ttii ntw suificient. size? togtake in the" generals rumo'f 1 m im tter s ch i s p ta ardslet e and i mag zi esas ve i s'p kage of ;-moder te s e. I he embodiment. pith shown mi gs we o. imasterorcarrle :doo 7 i o m ztof-w make thesaine of sheet metal? aanfdrbottom arerscured t i-the-v sides :andbacks ,.sameitr insrilyie dust-proof ami- -';likewi se ,6 maybe, secured strengthening-thestructure. #The: artitions? m p a e r t MQ bottom -and;.backw :prreferitoyfiangeevents" mnoivmsn PARKER, or CHICAGO, ILLmoIs nssI iqoR To Linn'smgmnnnnnrno'rmc' v MANUFACTURING 00,, or CHICAGO, rumors, A CORPORATION qFfgiLLINols I Fig-.11 is'a sectional View taken "substaii j j v I L tially 0n1ine;11 11 of Fig.9; l

nflwhich only] i db, 'p ti lrz-A ra gea Wit in the o into independent ;compartmentsrorj boxeg Q Theqslze of'thejcontainler as awhole depends invention v 1 1.1 13

tached'theretd; Whenisoiconstrlictedgjthetop by providing tongues onione; part; serge 1:

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ithrouglh' slots: in --;tli 'e= top and: bottom and i thenceirivetiedowerzsoasto firmly secure'the Y j 5- partsztogetherimhetop audibottomlmayibe fianged 'overiiasiindicatedi" V flange over about the opening as indicated at .13 so as to overlie the side walls 3, top 4 and bottom 5, the flange being secured thereto in any suitable manner, The receptacle may be provided with openings 14 through which screws may be passed securing thereceptacle in the wall opening to which the mail box is to be fitted into.

vThe door? is preferably provided with a wing or-flange 17 ateach side or end so arranged as to fit more or less closely to the innerfaces of the sides 3 as shown in Fig.- 2. "A rod 18 is secured at its ends to the receptacle, the door being turned over the same as indicated at 19 so as to provide'a hinge.

Ialso' prefer to .reenforce and stiifen the top edge of the door with a rod 20, the top edge being turned over as indicated at 20 so as to retainthe same in place, lengthwise movement of the rod 20 prevented by the wlngs 17." The opening movement of the door 71s limited by a slot and pin connection with the walls 3. Asmost clearly shown in Figs.

1 and 4, thewalls 3 are provided with a slot 21 and the wings 17' connected with the sides 3 by a rivet or screw 22 carried'by the wing and passingthroughthe slot 21. Obviously, slotting the wing and providing the pin or rivet in'the sidewall will accomplish the same result. The partitions6 are perforated I i to permit the rod 18,to pass through the same and-arenotched as shown at 24 so as to pro- I V vide clearance for the rod'and turned over end 20 atthe top of the door..

' 26 spaced fromthe wall 6 as shown in-Fig.

3-*or{brought substantially close thereto so that is merely arounded edge, this being merely; a 'matter of preference. The free edges-of the-doors 8 are preferably'flanged as indicated at 27' while the opposite edge 30 ofeach-isbent around the rod 29. The

rods .29 form hinges for thedoors 8, The same may be anchored atthe upper end by projectingthe. end-=31 through the rod-:19;

Therod 19, in this case, being stationary, the

-turnedover portion 19 of the door being slotted so as to clear the portion 31 of the rod 29,3 *Thelower end'm'ay be. anchored in .lany suitable manner. The door.7 is provided; 7 with suitable locking means 32 of the de-' siredtype to which the mail carrier or post 9' man carries the key The individual doors a 8-;areprovided withrindividuallocks 32' each box holder having his individual ,key' which will unlock his personal box only. As shown, in Fig." 8, the-locks '32 'may be secured to the doors screws 33 having rivetedjfheads which pass through the flange13 5 onfthe lock,

46 the partitions.

mechanism, the parts being locked together by the nuts 34. If desired, each door 8 may ,be provided with a sight opening 36 so that it may be determined by the individual whether there is any mail in the box without opening the same. Each door Imay be provided with'a very narrow slot 37 through which calling cards may be inserted in the absence ofthe box holder but which will not i permit placing of circulars andunauthorized material in the box. Same may also'have -means as indicated at 38 for placing an identification card with the holders name or apartment number." Generally, the upper part of the front plate is made of sufiicient width and is embossed' or depressedto receive the usual push button or other devices commonly associated with mail boxes.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 9 is more or less similar to that just described except that, in this instance, the upper door is made in aplurality of panels securedtogether to operate as a unit. Referringto Figs. 9 to 11, 41 represents the front plate, 42 the back of the receptacle, 43 the sides, 44 and 45 the't op and bottom and titions-46' are flanged from'top to bottom at the opening to provide a finish between the doors'48' and thedoors 52. The doors 48 are turned over the rod 49 similar'to the door 7 over the rod 18 and the doors are connected at their upper ends by the rod 50. 'In other respects, the device corresponds more or less to the structure previously described;

By constructing the device asshown and described, it is obvious that other than changes in the proportions, devices of two or morecompartments may be made similar in construction. Thework is all practically stamping work but the parts arexso rigid when assembling thatthe box may be made 'withaconsiderable number of units orcompartments without sacrificing strength or rigidity. The deviceis rigidly. installed, is attractive in appearance,is economical to manufacture and convenient'in use. A i

- 'Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial i modifications may bemade inthe same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish tojbe' understood as limiting myself to the exactform, construction, arrangement and combination of parts tioned;

herein. shown and described, oriuses icon- ,1. Ina device of partitions dividing thei s'ame into-a plurality of associated."compartments, a master door common to a pluralityof compartments and arranged to enclose "thetfronti'thereof," said master door hinged on a-ihorizontalvaxis and In this instance, the par-' What I claim. as new "and. desire .to secure fbyzLet-ters Patent isz a x 1 'thekind'des'cribed and incombination, receptacle provided with of a size to cover approximately one half of the front of the compartments, individual j doors for said compartments arrangedfto cover the remainder of the compartments,

pintles extending transversely to and anto said first mentioned" each of said individual doors hinged inde-J pendently of the others on a vertical'axis, and a hinge for each of saiddoorsanchored by the hinge of said master door. K I

2. In a deviceof he kind-described and in combination, a receptacle 1 provided withpartitions dividing the same, into a plurality the spaces between adjacent doors. I

3. A housing having a plural'ty of recep tacles with one open end, a master door op: erable to close a portion of each'of said re-' ceptaoles', a pintle on which said master door is hingedly mounted, anda plurality of individual doors each closing the remaining I open portion of one ofsaid receptacles, said individual doors being hingedly mounted on chored at one end pintle. V v

a 4. A housing having a plilrality l p e tacles with one open end, a master door operable to close a portion of each of said re ceptacles, a horizontallyextending pintle. on

which said master door is hingedly mounted,

and a plurality of individual doors each closing the remaining portion of one'of said receptacles said individual doors. being hingedly mountedon vertical pintles having; 7 one endanchored to said horizontal pintle;

have hereunto In testimony whereof, I signed my name.

THOMAS L. rAR E-R. 

